Time to Repeal the Obsolete National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
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On February 12, 2018, the Trump Administration unveiled a $1.5 trillion initiative to repair the nation’s roads, bridges, airports, and railways. The first step should be to reduce the regulatory barriers that impede infrastructure projects and vastly inflate their costs. Any new infrastructure funding should be conditional on meaningful regulatory reform-starting with repeal of the outdated National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the potential environmental effects of public works projects and other major government actions. Four decades of experience have exposed the NEPA’s uncorrectable flaws, including arbitrary standards, politicized enforcement, and protracted litigation.
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